Ok, last time, you went on a "date" with Hiei and then went on a date with Miroku that night. Later that night you had a further continuation of the dream, then woke up that morning and created more gems. Once finished, you wake Hiei and challenge him. (well really he challenged you) You play tag, have a little wrestling match, then suffer from a major tickle attack from Hiei. Then we ended it all off with Hiei showing his first smile after a heart warming hug!!
Marik: No one f--king cares shojo!!
Whatever, on to the story…
6.
You walk over to the kitchen and make some scrambled eggs for you and Hiei. When he comes into the kitchen, you see that he's wearing some black pants with a blue shirt that had nothing on the front but you soon found out that it was your shirt with the cover's symbol from the book, 'The Alchemyst the secrets of the immortal Nicholas Flamel.' Upside down it kind of reminded you of the Uchiha crest, but it was just a round beaker with an unidentifiable liquid inside a circle covered with strange alchemy symbols. You finished the eggs and set them on plates on the table for you two.
"Hi-Hiei?" you started and stopped eating momentarily.
"Hn?" Hiei replied curtly, not taking his eyes off of the food he ate.
"I-I need to tell you something…Hiei I-I," you continued and placed your fork on your plate, but was cut off when the everyone came bursting through the door they slammed open.
"Hey you two! We found out that our next opponents are someone called team Tatsukane. We saw them fight and they're pretty strong so today we're training with team Inuyasha!" Yusuke shouted to you guys as they entered the kitchen after smelling your cooking. You looked at him annoyed and sighed while continuing to eat quietly.
"What's her problem?" Kuwabara asked dumbly and pointed to you. Insinuating how you didn't give a more excited reply like you usually do with training. The others shrugged and you put up yours and Hiei's plates.
"Well, what are we waiting for? If we're going to train then lets get to it. the sooner we start, the more we'll get done," you inform before heading into your bedroom.
You grab a hollister you bought and fill it with several of the kunai, shuriken, and senbon needles. You also stashed a few of the different minor explosives and the collapsing staff and collapsing ningata. You then grabbed your wood-hilt katana and head out to the training grounds on the island with the others. When you reached the grounds, you saw that it was really just a clearing in the forest where no one would find you all.
"Ok so how are we going to do this?" you ask everyone. After some discussing, you all agree to have a few sparing matches one after another. Inuyasha stepped up first to fight along with Kuwabara. They prepared their weapons while Koenma called the fight. Inuyasha's sword was in a small metal sheath but when he drew the blade, it grew in size and the hilt had a furry lining while the blade looked like a zanbato fang. You sensed quite a bit of aura coming from the weapon and expected somewhat quick work from him.
When they were told to fight, Kuwabara lunged at Inuyasha with his spirit sword while Inuyasha attacked with his sword that he called Tetsusaiga. You watched with half interest as their aura blades clashed and they pushed against each other. Kuwabara put more spirit energy into his sword as it grew and pushed Inuyasha backwards. Inuyasha regained his footing and re-sheathed his sword before attacking Kuwabara head on with his claws and screamed, "Iron Reaver soul stealer." The attack catches Kuwabara by surprise and is injured across his torso, making Inuyasha the winner.
They both step down and Yukina goes over to heal Kuwabara's injuries as you decide to join in the fun. You walk up and spot Cammi walk up as well with her whip. You smirk as Koenma orders to begin and she lashes her whip at you with speed and ease.
You just as easily dodge all of her attacks and lash out at her with the trees' shadows from all directions. She jumps and you follow as you draw two kunai knives from your pouch. You dive towards her as you both fall to the clearing, advancing to make a blow. She holds her arms out towards you and a bunch of vines shoot out from the ground to wrap around you and set her gently on the ground. You attempt to cut the vines with your kunai, only to find out that they were like Kurama's whip, strong enough to cut through rock and steel.
You close your eyes, focus, and transform yourself into Neji Hyuga as everyone looks at you, curious as to why you turned yourself into a younger boy with long brown hair. When you open your eyes, there are slight stretch marks around the sides of your lavender eyes. You smirk again as you see the spirit energy running through the vines thanks to the byakugan you accessed by transforming into Neji. You bring your energy to your fingertips and cut the thick plants with your spirit energy. (don't ask how you can access his kekkei Genkai and gentle fist technique, you just can like Yanagisawa…sort of)
Cammi scowls and sends more vines after you but this time they were lit aflame. 'Ah. Just as I though, an elemental demon. That makes this interesting. She may even be something else as well,' You think before spinning really fast and performing Neji's eight-trigram palm Rotation. You divert the vines from hitting you but accidentally cause them to head towards some trees and the others. You notice this as you stop and freeze the vines before redirecting them all using the wind. And shattering them against a trunk.
"So you're an elemental demon too eh? And by the looks of it, I obviously can't just go easy on you like with the demon I fought three days ago. This might actually be fun," Cammi exclaimed excitedly and quickly thinks up strategies to beat you from what she knows of you. You on the other hand, waste no time in reverting to your original form (minus the tiara) and attacking her with a kunai that had a paper bomb attached. Cammi dodges, not noticing the paper bomb, and the kunai hits a tree nearby before the bomb sparks and goes off a few seconds later. The attack sends Cammi flying but she is able to regain her composure using the wind around her to set her down right. She draws her whip and covers it with ice to form sharp spike like thorns, while you attack from behind her with your shadow whip.
You smirk as your whips wrap around each other and you recall similar events happening when you fought Kurama. You launch at her a second shadow whip from behind your back and it wraps around her thin waist, binding her arms in the process. "Shadow's hold!" you shout out and drop the whip holding Cammi. She attempts to struggle out of it but the shadow only gets tighter and swallows her body from the shoulders down.
"It's useless, my shadow's hold will only become tighter the more you struggle. Just as the humble plant will attack its prey more viciously when it uses violence to get away." Cammi glares at you and stops struggling as she thinks of a way to get out. She tries to call upon fire and burn the shadow or something but she instead gets a slight electric shock.
"Oh, sorry about that. I forgot that it shocks you if you try to use your spirit energy. Sorry again, guess I didn't think about it since Kurama hadn't tried to use his energy when I did it to him," you inform with a sweat drop as you rub the back of your head. The others anime fall as they watch the battle proceed. You sit down Indian style and closed your eyes to concentrate carefully to possess her body like you had with Kurama. You focus on entering her mind and find yourself in hallway similar to Kurama's, but this one seemed to be made of wood and looked like one's you'd find in a feudal temple. You quickly searched the paper tags on the numerous doors and found the control room, putting in the simple command to give up and stop struggling against the shadow before exiting. You open your eyes and watch as she sighs and gives up while ceasing her struggling just as you told her to. You release the shadow and walk over to her, bowing your respected gratitude towards her. "Good match. I'm glad I could fight you," you tell her with a small smile.
"Same here. Now I know some things I can work on to improve, like my mental barriers," She returns with a bow and smile of her own. You both then walk towards your teams and relax while you watch everyone else fight. Hiei won his match easily against the monk, thanks to his speed, and Kurama wins his match against Sango using his rose whip and other plants. Kagome versed Yusuke and it almost ended in a draw when Kagome pulled through in the end miraculously.
Soon enough, it started to get late and everyone was tired. You all headed towards the hotel to get some rest, but not without you noticing how Kurama and Cammi chatted with each other closely on the way there. When you all arrived at the hallway that held your rooms, you immediately went inside yours and locked the door once Hiei was inside after following you, to ensure that they didn't try to play a game with you two. You went into the closet and changed into some pj's for bed. When you came out, you found Hiei sitting on the bed with the blanket covering him, as if he had been waiting for you for something. You walk over towards him curiously and sat down in front of him while pulling the covers over yourself to stay warm.
"Onna, what were you going to tell me this morning before the bakas interrupted?" Hiei asked indifferently while staring into your eyes. He seemed to be searching for something in them as they stayed their vivid amber.
"It's nothing Hiei. Just forget about it. It's stupid," you answer and try to get off the subject. You go to get off of the bed and watch TV in the living room when Hiei grabs your arm and restricts you from doing so.
"You were stuttering onna. It can't have been nothing if it caused you to do that. Now tell me what you were going to say," he demanded.
"It's nothing Hiei. I only stuttered because I was a little cold. The temperature is starting to drop so it gets chilly now," you try to convince him but he doesn't buy it, seeing as his jagan was able to tell that you were lying.
"I won't let you go until you tell me what you were going to say so you might as well spill," Hiei growled out threateningly. You sighed and climbed back on the bed.
"Fine, you win. I was going to say that I-I," you started off.
"You what onna?" Hiei asked with agitation in his voice.
"I evol uoy," you muttered out hurriedly.
"What was that onna? Speak up and talk where I can understand you. Not in that language of shadows of yours," Hiei demanded.
"Fine! I said, 'I love you,' Hiei. There, I said it. Are you happy?," you semi-scream and turn away, slightly embarrassed, while crossing your arms against your chest. You quickly glance at Hiei and see a shocked expression on his face, as if he couldn't possibly believe you.
You get up and quickly dash through a shadow to escape from there and be alone for a while. You end up in the woods and just walk pointlessly while clearing your thoughts. You suddenly hear a dark chuckle and you look around you in the surrounding darkness. You somehow recognize the voice but can't place it. Out of the shadows in front of you appears a demon in a white baboon's pelt. You get into a defensive stance as the figure chuckles some more.
"There is no need for that child. I am not here to harm you. Merely to make a deal with you," the demon offers.
"What kind of deal?" you ask suspiciously and slowly relax from your stance.
"I want you to join me and help me destroy an enemy. I have heard that you have the key to a powerful gate. If we join together, and obtain the other key, we will be able to rule the worlds and destroy our enemies. How about it?" he offers. You pretend to think about it with your index finger tapping your chin.
"Hm…How about, no. I'm not a pathetic demon like you who only searches for power. And I would never betray my friends. Go find someone else to help you try and dominate the worlds," you refuse and wave him off.
"I'm sorry to hear that. For you see, I hold your friends lives in my hand. I've entered the dark tournament with a team of my own and once I've won it, I will wish for the keys as well as your friends' destruction if you don't comply and give me both of the keys and their power source," he threatens. You look at him boredly and play along.
"And what might your name and your team's name be? You know, so I know who to give them to," you ask indifferently.
"Kuku, Kuku, My name is Naraku and I am on team Feudal Barbarians. I will give you two days to decide what to do. I hope that you will choose yes. Farewell until then," Naraku says and disappears. You growl when you find out his name, finally remembering that the Naraku in your dream had a fur pelt exactly like that one, minus the baboon hood.
You turn around and punch a tree fiercely from the rage built up inside of you. If he does have a strong telepath that can control people on his team, then that meant that your dream might come true. Tears well up in your eyes as they turn a vivid blue with a thick red outline. You race into a shadow and into your hotel room. You see that Hiei is in the bathroom and climb into bed before he comes out and your tears fall. You wipe them away as to not form anymore gems and try to go to sleep. Eventually worrying yourself to sleep with the tears that never came.
Hiei's point of View (after you left in the shadow)
'Did, Did she just say that she loved me?! Damn it! Why did she have to say that when I was finally starting to get over my damn feelings for her? Inner demon: Just face it, you love her! Why not swallow your pride just this once and tell her how you really feel? Before you break her heart and she moves on first! No! I said I wouldn't ever fall in love and I meant it. Just shut up for once. Inner demon: Not until you admit you love her. You'll regret it if you try to ignore her and let her walk off. Trust me, I know what that feels like. Grrr,' you argue with yourself. You head inside the bathroom and wash your face a little.
You continued to argue with yourself until you just got fed up with it. "Damn it what should I do?!" you scream and finally decide to leave the bathroom after finally calming yourself. When you go to the bed, you see that Lea had already returned and had fallen asleep, curled up in a little ball. You crawl in beside her and snuggle close to her before sleep over comes you as well.
Next Morning, still Hiei's point of view
You woke up from your dreamless sleep to find that Lea was still asleep and snuggling close to your chest, face buried in it. You smirk to yourself and hold her closer to your body gently. You're shocked to find that she starts to struggle out of your grasp. You pull her face away from your chest and see that she's still asleep but her face is now contorted in anger and she's sweating. You start to worry a little since the only times she's ever been like this was when she had that dream. You pull off your headband and open your jagan eye.
You immediately find yourself in the same clearing that you were in the least time you visited her dream. "You bastard what have you done to him?! I know Hiei, he would never abandon his friends. He said it himself, 'Don't worry, Once I pick a side, I stick to it.' That's what you said Hiei! How could you allow someone like him to…to," Lea screamed. Her tear gems now flowed freely down her face as she stood before the man and other you. Her hands were held in tight fists by her side as she stood there glaring at the ground with her tear stained face. The unknown takes a step forward and her head jerks up to face him.
"Now, now child, if you really miss this boy that much, then why don't you join me? Or you can hand over the key to the gate and I'll let him go," the man inquires sinisterly.
"Never! I'll never betray my friends to join you! And I'm not going to hand over the key!" she shouts and takes a battle stance with her katana. The dream version of you takes a defensive battle stance and stands in front of the man in the baboon suit. "Hiei, if you insist on stopping me from killing this wretched demon, then I have no choice but to take you out as well. Good-bye Hiei. I always loved you." She mutters and hardens her glare before attacking head on, still crying. The other you also attacks as your blades hit each other and make a clanging sound. Lea cries out in fury as she fights against the dream version of you and the evil man in the baboon pelt laughs evilly at the sight of the two friends battling each other.
"Hiei! Please snap out of it! You can't just go with Naraku! Please, I'm begging you to snap out of it! I don't want to see the one I love die in front of me! And I don't want to kill the one I love either!" Lea shouts desperately as she battles with 'you.'
"Kukuku. It's no use girl. He won't snap out of it no matter how hard you try. He's driven only by his hatred for you and all of your friends. There is no power greater than that of one who feels nothing but hate. You might as well give up the keys. This would have all been prevented if you had agreed to my offer by the end of that two-day period. Its all your fault," the demon known as Naraku points out. Rage consumes you and you were about to leave her dream when Lea said something that made you stop.
"Shut up!! You think you know everything?! You don't! You think that you can win? You don't know anything! First off, Good always destroys evil cretins like you. Second off, Girls are stronger than guys and are deadly when pissed! ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE PISSED AT SOMEONE WHO'S ENDANGERING THE ONES THEY LOVE!! NEVER UNDERESTIMATE YOUR OPPONENTS WHEN THEY ARE PISSED AND TRYING TO SAVE ALL OF THOSE THAT SHE LOVES!! YOU WON'T EVEN BE ABLE TO REGRET DOING IT BECAUSE OF HOW FAST I'LL KILL YOU, YOU BASTARD!!" she shouts as her yelling grows louder and more intense as she goes on. You smirk at her. That's definitely something that she would say. As he had already said when she was talking to him at the ball, that's one of the reasons why he fell in love with her. There were many reasons why he loved her, but that was one of the big ones. You finally leave her dream and decide to tell her as she soon jolts awake after you put your headband back on. The sun's rays start to shine above the horizon, marking the start of yet another restless day…
Well, there you have it! Yet another chapter of this series! I'm so sorry it took so long! It would have been up sooner if it weren't for writer's block, vacation, and don't forget the dear parents' attempts to secure a college for my future. Any ways, here's chapter six, and I'm working on chapter seven as you read this! Let's get to finishing this series!